Sixteenth-Century Judeo-Spanish Testimonies
An Edition of Eighty-four Testimonies from the Sephardic Responsa in the Ottoman Empire
Biographical note
Annette Benaim, Ph.D. (2006) in Religious Studies, School of Oriental & African Studies, London University, is now an Honorary Research Associate at the Department of Hebrew & Jewish Studies at University College London. She has previously edited and published articles on Judeo-Spanish Studies.
Readership
All those interested in linguistics, Hispanic philology, Judeo-Spanish language and literature, Hispanic Studies, responsa literature, Jewish Studies, history and culture of Sephardic Jews, Ottoman life in the sixteenth century.
Table of contents
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION
1.1 Aims and Contribution of book
1.2 Presentation of Book
1.3 Responsa and the Development of Jewish Law
1.4 Structure and Features of Responsa
1.5 Use of Judeo-Spanish in the Texts
1.6 Ottoman Jewish Life depicted in the Responsa
CHAPTER 2: RESEARCH METHODS AND SOURCES
2.1 List of Responsa containing Judeo-Spanish
2.2 Principles of Selection - Corpus Examined
2.3 Methodology and Transcription of the Texts
2.4 The Problems of Textual Transmission
CHAPTER 3: THE LANGUAGE IN THE RESPONSA
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Vernacular Jewish Languages
3.3 Distinctive Linguistic Features of Judeo-Spanish
CHAPTER 4: TEXTS
1.1 Aims and Contribution of book
1.2 Presentation of Book
1.3 Responsa and the Development of Jewish Law
1.4 Structure and Features of Responsa
1.5 Use of Judeo-Spanish in the Texts
1.6 Ottoman Jewish Life depicted in the Responsa
CHAPTER 2: RESEARCH METHODS AND SOURCES
2.1 List of Responsa containing Judeo-Spanish
2.2 Principles of Selection - Corpus Examined
2.3 Methodology and Transcription of the Texts
2.4 The Problems of Textual Transmission
CHAPTER 3: THE LANGUAGE IN THE RESPONSA
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Vernacular Jewish Languages
3.3 Distinctive Linguistic Features of Judeo-Spanish
CHAPTER 4: TEXTS
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